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J. OUNNING.

MACHINE FOR CLEANING INTESTINES.

N0. 337,928. ytented Mar.,l6, 1886.

N. FETERS. rhawulha her. Wnslfinmun. 0.6.

NITED TATES ATENT FFICE.

lVlACl-HNE FQR CLEANING INTE8TINES.

LIPLQEFICATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 337,928, dated March 16, 1886.

Application filed October 22, 1835.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Jamas GUNMNG, of Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in hI-achines for Cleaning Intestines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an improvement in machines for cleaning intestines.

The object is to provide an effective,durable, and cheap machine which shall be capable of drawing theintestines between the scraper and a yielding table without any danger of tearing or breaking the1n,and in which the scraperwheel shall be kept free from any liability to clog by the winding of the exterior membrane thereon,or theintestines themselves,and which shall be automatically cleansed while at work.

With these ends in view my invention consists in certain features of construction and combinations of parts, as will be hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view of the machine in elevation, partly in section. Fig. 2 is a vicwin end elevation, and Fig. 3 is a detached view of different forms of sprinklers.

A represents a supporting-frame conveniently of the stand form, having a swinging table, 13, constructed of any suitable materialmetal or wood, for exaniplehinged thereto. The table B is provided at its free edge with a smooth roller, 1), journaled in bearings attached to its corners. A revolving skeleton cylinder, 0, is secured on a shaft, 0, journaled at one end in bearings d, attached to the frame A, and at the opposite end in a bearing, d, attached to the end of an overreaching arm, E; or the arm E may be secured to the supporting-frame beneath the shaft and extend upwardly to the bearing (1; or it may depend from the ceiling or a beam overhead. A drive-pulley, D, is secured on the shaft 0, preferably between the two bearings (Z.

I prefer to construct the entire shaft 0 of tubing, as Ifind such construction more economical; but it is only essential that that portion of it which extends through the bearing (1 and into the cylinder should be hollow. "When lengthwise of the cylinder, and secured thereto by means of set screws f, which extend through oblong transverse slots 5 in the blades, and thereby secure the latter to the cylinder in radial adjustment.

The swinging table B, hereinbeforc described, is adapted to be adjusted toward and away from the face of the cylinder 0 by means of a setscrew, h, a cam, or other convenient device. Thus as theknives become worn down too near the face of the cylinder they mav be set out by means of the set-screws f, and the distance between the edge of the knives and the face of the table B, by means of the setscrew 72, may be regulated at any moment to suit the different sizes of intestines to be scraped. The knives or scrapers G may be constructed of metal, hard rubber, or other substance, as found most desirable.

A pair of rollers, I, are journaled in suitable bearings, near the roller-edge of the table B, with their faces in close proximitv to each other, adapted to cramp the end of the intcs tine between them and draw it beneath the scrapers over the roller in the edge of the table B.

An oblique shaft, H, provided with bevelgear It on one end, and with a pinion, Z, on the other end, is adapted to engage a bevel-faced pinion, m, on the shaft of one of the rollers I, and a worm, a, on the shaft 0, whereby the rotary motion of the shaft 0 is transmitted to the rollers I.

The portion of the pipe E within the cylinder 0 is provided with slots or perforations 0, through which the water from the tank or reservoir above the machine escapes onto the scrapers and other portions of the cylinder, and prevents the winding thereon of the outer membrane or membranes, which is or are forced off from the intestine by the scrapers, and which have hitherto proved quite a nuisauce in rotary scrapers. The water also keeps the scrapers and cylinder free from any other scraps or dirt which may have a tendency to cling thereto, and causes the scrapers to work more easily, and with less liability to cut or tear the intestine as it is drawn beneath them.

The water pipe and sprinkler might be located outside of the cylinder and the water be forced onto the scraper in such a direction as to keep them and the surface of the cylinder clear, and other slight changes in the form and arrangement of the several parts described might be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention; hence I do not wish to limit myself strictly to the construction herein set forth; but,

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a machine for cleaning intestines, the combination, with a scraper and a support for holding the intestines in contact with the scraper, of a pipe for conducting water into the interior of the scraper-cylinder, substantially as set forth.

2. In a machine for cleaning intestines, the combination, with a skeleton-cylinder having scrapers on the periphery thereof, and asupport for holding the intestine in contact with the scrapers, of a sprinkler for throwing water from within the cylinder onto the scrapers, to thereby keep them free and clean, substantially as set forth.

3. In a machine for cleaning intestines, the combination, with a rotary cylinder provided with scrapers on its periphery and a table for holding the intestine in contact with the scraper, of a water-pipe extending through the end of the cylinder to throw water from within the cylinder onto-the scrapers, for the purpose substantially as set forth.

4. The combination, with the rotary 'cylinder provided with adjustable scrapers on its periphery, of an adjustable table for holding the intestine in engagement with the scrapers, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination, with the rotary scraper and the table for supporting the intestine in engagement therewith, of a water-pipe for discharging water into the interior of the scrapercylinder, and the two rollers for grasping the intestine and drawing it beneath the scraper, substantially as set forth.

6. The combination, with the rotary scraper, the pipe for conducting water into the interior of the scraper, the table, and the rollers for drawing the intestine beneath the scraper, of the shaft and gear for communicating the rotary motion of the operating-shaft to the rollers, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscrib- 6o ing witnesses.

JAMES OUNNING.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM H. STONEMAN, HOWARD L. KREIDER. 

